Mycobacteria and atopy, 6 years later: A fascinating, still unfinished, business

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-720

  Matricardi, P M ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ALLERGY; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LIFESTYLE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEMORY CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

BCG VACCINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0038548080     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01695.x     Document Type: Editorial

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